Funding: DMC
Leader of the progect: Prof. Antoineta Hristova.
Participants: Prof. Zografova, J., Prof. Tair, Assist. Prof. Nacheva, I., Assist. Prof. Nedeva-Atanasova, V., Assist. Prof. Dimitrova, E., Assist. Prof. Racheva, R., Assoc. prof. Tashev, S., Assist. Prof. Totkova, Z., E., Assis. prof. Bekir, S., Assist. Prof. Kaloyanov, V.
External members: Assos. Prof. Haralan Alexandrov, Assos.Prof. Tatyana Burudzhieva, Prof. Petko Hristov, Prof. Mila Maeva, Ivo Maev

РазрабоContextual reports have been developed on the state of integration processes in 15 countries with an active Bulgarian immigrant community – USA, Canada, Turkey, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Moldova, Ukraine. The attitudes and readiness for return of the different generations and waves of emigrants from Bulgaria are specified. A joint analysis of all the factors of the integration state in each individual country – socio-economic, legal-political and cultural – was made. 95 biographical interviews conducted in the countries included in the study are presented.
A quantitative study was conducted that outlines the attitudes and conditions for returning to the Motherland. The tendency to eventually return after retirement dominates the respondents.
General and specific policies for Bulgarians abroad are proposed. The general ones mainly refer to the development of a systematic strategy and institutionalization of the management of policies towards Bulgarians abroad in connection with the need for their synchronization. Specifics refer to specific policy proposals for each country included in the analysis depending on the issues outlined in it.
A monography “Policies for Bulgarians Abroad” (2020) was published (ed. Prof. Antoaneta Hristova), ed. “Prof. Marin Drinov”, 322 pages, ISBN 978-619-245-075-5